This Vegetarian ♥’s Hong Kong

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Rice
Lai King MTR

Chanced upon this food kiosk because I was so hungry on the way to the city via train. Rice has delicious brown rice milk and a selection of vegan rice balls. My favorite is the one with satay.

Life Cafe

I loooove Life Cafe. Never fail to visit this place when I’m in HK. They have a take-out bar on the ground floor and more dining tables on the second floor. When it’s full, though, we sit out front on the steps. They have lots of raw options, like this amazing salad!

Premiere Pression Provence
Graham Street, Central

From Life Cafe, walk to the organic grocery store Just Greens on Graham street. Walk further down and you’ll see this: a mix-your-own olive oil shop!

Further down the road, you’ll spot the wet street market that sells some of the oddest things I’ve seen, like the giant cucumber!!

Take the Orange MTR line to the last stop, Tung Chung (there’s an outlet mall there!) and then right outside the terminal is the cable car that takes you to Lantau Island (about a 20-minute ride). Follow the signs to Po Lin Monastery, past the giant buddha, and you’ll spot a take-out deli/cafe for noodles and dimsum which you can eat at the park. There’s a ticket booth for the main restaurant where you can enjoy a 5 or 7-course vegan meal prepared by the monks in the monastery for HK$100 per person.

Pain in the ass to remember the restaurant’s name, but it’s the best Chinese vegan meal I’ve had.

Nobu
Intercontinental Hotel

Not exactly vegetarian (it’s Japanese, so there’s lotsa seafood) but it’s a must-visit, especially if NY is too far for you. My favorite part of the meal was the dessert: Tofu tart with chocolate and orange tofu. Whuuut?? Genius!

Caprice
Four Seasons Hotel (next to IFC mall)

Going on a date in HK? This swanky French restaurant is worth the visit (and the price)!

 

Strawberry Eclaire

Miso Cool

K-11 Mall, Mody Road

K-11 is a design mall off Nathan Road.

 

I had some really good eggplant tempura there!